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The Shelf Episode 8 – Mobeen Fikree

On this week’s episode of The Shelf, Vertex Pop‘s Mobeen Fikree joins our Games Editor to talk about Graceful Explosion Machine (aka GEM), the new arcade shooter out today for the Nintendo Switch. Mobeen discusses his love of shooters, his approach to design, and the benefits of working with Nintendo, as well as the challenges of keeping it a secret (yes, he had a Nintendo Switch before you did). Listen to the episode to find out more about GEM what it was like to develop a new indie game for the launch of a brand new Nintendo console: